Bangla Road

What can one say about Patong's Bangla Road, located in the most popular western beach town of Phuket Island? Well, for starters, this probably isn't your place if you're the reserved type. Renowned for its raunchy entertainment and jam packed with farangs (non-Asian travelers), when the sun goes down this is Thailand at its most exploitative. Want to dunk skinny Thai girls in a dunking booth? You can do that. Feel like catching a Russian burlesque show? That's an option too. It's sex tourism and regular tourism all rolled into one strip (and several interesting side streets) of neon lights, Thai beer, cigarette smoke and theme bars. But hey, if you've chosen to come to the most touristy town on the most touristy island in Thailand, what else would you be expecting? For all you fans of the over-the-top party scene in Southeast Asia, this is your spot.